Syria joining US-led anti-ISIS coalition meeting 'marks a new chapter,' says US envoy

By Serdar Dincel

ISTANBUL (AA) - Syria's participation in Monday’s meeting of the US-led international coalition against ISIS (Daesh) "marks a new chapter in collective security," US envoy Tom Barrack said Tuesday.

"Regional solutions, shared responsibility. Syria’s participation in the D-ISIS Coalition meeting in Riyadh marks a new chapter in collective security," he wrote on US social media company X.

Barrack's remarks came after Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and intelligence chief Hussein al-Salama attended the meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Monday.

The meeting was also attended by Barrack, who met with Shaibani on the sidelines.

In a statement released after the meeting, the coalition welcomed Syria as its 90th member.

Syria formally joined the anti-ISIS coalition last November. The coalition was formed in 2014 and has carried out military operations against the terrorist group in Syria and Iraq, though Damascus was not previously a member.

The new Syrian administration has been working to tighten security conditions nationwide since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in late 2024.